The Weekly Email By Betsy--07-07-09

[Betsy]

friendly neighborhood beijingers,

betsy has been watching you all, very, very closely. and with the
possible exception of joe, you all have no excuse. none.
inexcusable. excuses, excuses. that’s all betsy hears. well you are
not excused. it’s all i’m too fat this, or i’ve got a girlfriend now
that, or i’m too busy playing with myself and my shiny new mandolin.
that’s crap. get out there and play some disc people.

WEEKLY ITEM #1: The Weekly Schedule

Every Tuesday, Pick Up, 8-10, Deshengmen

Every Sunday, Beijing Ultimate Summer League, 3-6, Happy Valley

tao will be this year’s jeff. please register all complaints, loudly
and frequently, directly to tao. he will deal with them swiftly and
smiling. oh yes, he will, if he knows what’s good for him.

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now is the time in the weekly email when betsy gives her weekly shout
outs and call outs. remember, you want to get shouted out, but you
don't want to get called out.

a shout out to aaron, charlotte and doc. betsy thanks you for making
beijing a brighter, lovelier, more enjoyable place to be. when you
abandoned it for potlatch.

a call out to lightning. everybody knows you can carry an electric
current of 300 kiloamperes and release 5 gigajoules of energy
(giggity) at your slightest whim, but must you do it between 3 and 6
pm on sundays near happy valley from june to september? we like to
play frisbee at those times. thanks.

a shout out to aide. who’s a good girl? who’s a good puppy? you
are. you are a cute little puppy wuppy. yes you are. yes you are
just the cutest widdle ugh betsy’s going to vomit.

a call out to bunny. you better start acting cute and fast. there’s
a new adorable animal in town and who’s in danger of being turned into
rabbit stew? you are. yes you are just the most delicious of the
frisbee-related pets when enjoyed with carrots, potatoes and some
paprika.

a shout out tao. as previously noted, tao’s the new jeff, but not in
the semi-permanent-shout-out-status-thanks-for-everything-you-do way.
more like, we’re watching your every more, waiting for the slightest
misstep upon which we can pounce like so many lonely bachelors upon
his mom. please don’t disappoint.

a call out to jeff. you thought you could just slide by? no ma’am,
your free ride is over. why don’t you go arrange an awards party or
something, it’s been a while since you’ve done something useful.

a shout out to beijing defending it’s championship in singapore. the
betsy all-star team is sure to dominate as it has in the past.
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WEEKLY ITEM #2: Summer League Update

it goes without saying that kevin’s team will clearly be the favorite
to win both 2008 and 2009 busl championships. however, this year is
sure to be full of surprises and suspense. new talent has flooded the
scene making the results of tonight’s draft particularly exciting.
some questions to ponder while awaiting team announcements tomorrow.

will kelly and mike, relative newcomers to the captaining world,
change the face of busl after coming off an impressive china nationals
with bang?

will longtime resident cdice and hangtime star xiao zhi gel to
challenge their big brother led opponents?

will margaret and tao work out an elaborate and needlessly complicated
array of potential draft outcomes to simulate every conceivable result
thus statistically guaranteeing victory, only to have tao relapse on a
baijiu binge and boot all over his laptop?

will alicia and kevin be drunk before the draft begins?

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WEEKLY ITEM #3: Lunch time Poll

beijing is alive with love, and the frisbee community is finally
getting some action. which of these new couples makes you the least
sick?

a) taolicia – since they have never touched each other in public,
betsy is only assuming they are actually a couple.

b) kevace – the massages don’t leave much to the imagination. at
least she’s never been seen giving him one, which makes it a little
easier to stomach.

c) charloc – just the name makes betsy throw up a little. does he sit
around with a pipe wearing only a smoking jacket, telling her it’s
elementary my dear?

d) barbinghui – they do look awfully cute together, although they are
arguably the most openly affectionate.

cast your votes!

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and finally, your moment of zen, a retrospective look at the evils of
baijiu.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2007195&id=1378740071

catch you on the field,
betsy
xxxooo

[larke]

Yo Betsy,

Why send a link if we can see it? Maybe I am just not as cool as Tao.

LLTB

[Tao]

You have to friend Chirona Silverstein to see the album -- tell her
Betsy sent you.

I'd almost forgotten she posted a Facebook album called "Tao doesn't
drink..." and tagged me 18 times. Oh Chirona, where art thou.

[Kevin]

oh man... chris is such a bad influence on you. His look (and words,
if i recall) seem to say "It's ok Tao, you can finish that bottle by
yourself. Everyone will be so impressed. There there, little druken
asian boy, there there."

[Chirona]

Clearly I still read Betsy's e-mails every week since Providence just
isn't as exciting as Beijing Ultimate. For all the new people this
summer who don't know me, I've made the album visible to everyone, so
enjoy! Thanks for the facebook messages though!

Here's the link again: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2007195&id=1378740071

You should all thank Betsy for reminding you of such evils as drinking
lots of Baijiu is definitely a poor choice, right Tao?

Missing Beijing and Betsy,
~Chirona

[Tao]

Can you now make Facebook visible to people in China?

[Kevin]

Wow betsy, look what you've done. Tao's embarrassing, embarrassing
past should never be brought the foreground. Clearly, China is not
pleased with him one bit.